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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 26 April 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 12 November 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Sixpenny Handley First School, URN 113668
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry14 applications · 12 places offered · 12 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.2; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.1; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.1; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 1.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 1.3; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Sixpenny Handley First School (URN 113668), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 12 | 14 | 1.2 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 13 | 21 | 1.6 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 16 | 17 | 1.1 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 15 | 17 | 1.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 17 | 20 | 1.2 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 34 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 17 | 20 | 1.2 | 17 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Sixpenny Handley First School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20231.2applications per place
- 6.4 km · DorsetRemains Good20232.3applications per place
- 7.4 km · DorsetGood20232.1applications per place
- 9.4 km · WiltshireGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 10.3 km · WiltshireGood20241.8applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 10.7 km · DorsetGood20232.1applications per place
- 11.6 km · Dorset20261.1applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 11.7 km · DorsetNot yet inspected2.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 11.9 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142503 · 838/2021
- Capacity
- 125 pupils · 73 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2015
- Replaced
- Sixpenny Handley First School (URN 113668)
- Address
- Common Road, Sixpenny Handley, Salisbury, SP5 5NJ
- Local authority
- Dorset
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